Nautica Thorn's ethnicity is half Japanese, a quarter Puerto Rican, and a quarter Hawaiian. She says she lost her virginity at age fourteen. After she turned eighteen, she began working as a stripper. Shortly afterwards an agent gave her his card. Spurred by this act, Thorn went from dancing to nude modeling, followed by masturbation scenes and later hardcore sex. Nautica Thorn is a cast member of the Fox Network reality TV show My Bare Lady. She was also briefly featured as a lap dancer in the mainstream Hollywood film, Knocked Up.